Background and Development

Development of the ACT Network

The ACT Network has expanded extensively since it started. As you can see, what started with several small arrays has expanded to arrays covering large expanses along the Atlantic coast.

These maps show the general regions of identified arrays within the ACT Network from 2005 to present, based on information provided by ACT collaborators. Not all collaborators have provided information about their array locations.

Not only have the number and extent of arrays increased, but the number of researchers involved in telemetry have increased. The number of species that are being studies has also been increasing every year.